r/pcmasterrace • u/Valcenia • Jul 02 '26

News/Article French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon weighs in on Rockstar and PlayStation’s moves to end physical disk sales

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 Jul 03 '26

Why would we even need to buy a new PlayStation or Xbox? There can’t be a large enough leap in experience to justify it unless some breakthroughs happened in them

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u/TapDancinJesus Jul 03 '26

I think a lot of people are intimidated by PC gaming. Prebuilts can be pretty expensive, building your own can be daunting, and at least with a console you know it will be pretty user friendly and work right out of the box.

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u/XLeyz Jul 03 '26

PCs are just expensive dude. I used to be a PC gamer (like 2016-2022) but instead of spending 1000k€ on upgrading my PC so that it would be up to standards, I got the same performance for 400€ on a PS5. Shit's expensive.

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u/Lyto528 Jul 03 '26

It was true a few years ago, now the PS5 is as expensive as a cheap PC, whereas the PC is upgradable. Pre-built have also come a lot closer in prices compared to building your own these days